Cannes Festivals by Year: Prizes, Juries, Favorites   More Festivals Toronto / Venice Chicago / Reeling Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Nick-Davis.com Home / Blog / E-Mail Jurors: Bernardo Bertolucci (president), Fanny Ardant, Bertrand Blier, Aleksei German, Françoise Giroud, Christopher Hampton, Anjelica Huston, Mira Nair, Sven Nykvist, Hayao Shibata     Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart, USA, dir. David Lynch Grand Jury Prize: The Sting of Death, Japan, dir. Kôhei Oguri Tilaï, Burkina Faso, dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo Jury Prize: Hidden Agenda, UK, dir. Ken Loach Best Director: Taxi Blues, Pavel Lounguine Best Actress: The Interrogation, Krystyna Janda Best Actor: Cyrano de Bergerac, Gérard Depardieu Best Artistic Contribution: Mother, Gleb Panfilov, director Technical Grand Prize: Cyrano de Bergerac, Pierre Lhomme, cinematographer FIPRESCI/International     Critics Prize: The Sting of Death, Japan, dir. Kôhei Oguri Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Everybody's Fine, Italy, dir. Giuseppe Tornatore Camera d'Or (first feature): Freeze, Die, Come to Life, USSR, dir. Vitali Kanevsky Competition Films I Have Seen: Ranked in order of preference   My Palme d'Or Tilaï (Burkina Faso, dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo) - Coolly shot tale of adultery manages a casual friskiness and an inexorable sense of tragedy. A deceptively expansive vision. Ju Dou (China, dir. Zhang Yimou) - Cyrano de Bergerac (France, dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau) - Wild at Heart (USA, dir. David Lynch) - A strange, discombobulated, boldly colored art-object with only minimal interest in coherence, for better and worse (full review) Sidebar Selections I Have Seen: Ranked in order of preference   To Sleep with Anger (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Charles Burnett) - Pitch and momentum a bit erratic, but a justly famous, beguilingly weird fable of trouble come home to roost Metropolitan (Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Whit Stillman) - A highwire act of capturing a hoity-toity, relentlessly self-conscious milieu without getting infected. Delicious. The Comfort of Strangers (Out of Competition: USA, dir. Paul Schrader) - Spindly, sexy, atmospheric mystery survives rhythmic lapses and abandonment of sense. Walken, Mirren great. The Little Mermaid (Out of Competition: USA, dirs. John Musker and Ron Clements) - Infectious songs, appealing side-kicks, all of which the gal's prepared to toss for lame prince. Great villain. Longtime Companion (Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Norman René) - Full-hearted, well-intended drama about early years of AIDS yields some good performances, but it's a bit airy Competition Films I'm Curious to See: Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)   Nouvelle vague, Switzerland, dir. Jean-Luc Godard The Interrogation, Hungary, dir. Ryszard Bugajski The Sting of Death, Japan, dir. Kôhei Oguri White Hunter, Black Heart, USA, dir. Clint Eastwood Hidden Agenda, UK, dir. Ken Loach Mother, USSR, dir. Gleb Panfilov The Ear, Czechoslovakia, dir. Karel Kachyna Daddy Nostalgia, France, dir. Bertrand Tavernier Rodrigo D.: No Future, Colombia, dir. Victor Manuel Gaviria Captive of the Desert, France, dir. Raymond Depardon Taxi Blues, USSR, dir. Pavel Lounguine Come See the Paradise, USA, dir. Alan Parker Everybody's Fine, Italy, dir. Giuseppe Tornatore The King's Whore, France, dir. Axel Corti Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See: Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)   Un Certain Regard: Freeze, Die, Come to Life, Russia, dir. Vitali Kanevsky Song of the Exile, Hong Kong/Taiwan, dir. Ann Hui Directors' Fortnight: Alexandria, Now and Forever, Egypt, dir. Youssef Chahine Open Doors, Italy, dir. Gianni Amelio Swan Lake: The Zone, Canada/USA/Ukraine, dir. Yuri Ilyenko Critics' Week: H2 Worker, USA/Jamaica, dir. Stéphanie Black Overseas, France, dir. Brigitte Roüan The Reflecting Skin, UK, dir. Philip Ridley Out of Competition: Artificial Paradise, Yugoslavia, dir. Karpo Acimovic-Godina Cry-Baby, USA, dir. John Waters Dreams, Japan, dir. Akira Kurosawa Korczak, Poland, dir. Andrzej Wajda No, or the Vainglory of Command, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira The Sun Also Shines at Night, Italy, dirs. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani The Voice of the Moon, Italy, dir. Federico Fellini Trackbacks: Permalink Cannes Page 1990 Home E-Mail